22 Chestnut Close, Queniborough, Leicester, LE7 3DW
About 22 Chestnut Close
22 Chestnut Close is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Queniborough, Leicester, Leicester (LE7 3DW). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in September 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 111 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £320,000 sits 451.7% above the 1997 sale of £58,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£49/sq ft) was about 77% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Know exactly what you're buying at 22 Chestnut Close
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
22 Chestnut Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Apr 2002ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Erection of two storey extension to side and single storey extension to front and rear of semi-detached dwelling.
- Council
- South
- Documents
- 21 docs on file
- Reference
- P/02/0743/2
What's in 22 Chestnut Close, Queniborough, Leicester, LE7 3DW's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 22 Chestnut Close was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£320,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£58,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
25 September 1997Most recent
£58,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE7 3DW: £250,000 (2025–2014).
Nearby sales in LE7 3DW
12 Chestnut Close, Queniborough, Leicester, LE7 3DW
Sold Sept 2025
£260,0003 Chestnut Close, Queniborough, Leicester, LE7 3DW
Sold Sept 2021
£260,0001 Chestnut Close, Queniborough, Leicester, LE7 3DW
Sold Apr 2021
£250,00016 Chestnut Close, Queniborough, Leicester, LE7 3DW
Sold Nov 2014
£160,00014 Chestnut Close, Queniborough, Leicester, LE7 3DW
Sold Oct 2014
£167,000
Everything we know about 22 Chestnut Close, in one report
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Versus other Chestnut Close homes
22 Chestnut Close is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£523
Street avg £2,784
Floor Area
111 m²
Street avg 81 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Avenue Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Queniborough Church of England Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB